Movies
Castle in the Sky: Studio Ghibli at the Rio Theatre
There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) is an early masterpiece of storytelling and filmmaking whose imaginative and ornately detailed vision presaged later films like PRINCESS
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
“I’ve written a letter to Daddy…” Beyond the actual onscreen chemistry (and legendary off screen fireworks) between icons Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Robert Aldrich‘s WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? lies the film itself – a bona fide, highly creepy-campy, edge-of-your-set thriller about a former child
Fiddler on the Roof
“Tradition.” Director Norman Jewison‘s lavish screen adaptation of the internationally acclaimed Broadway production recalls the glory days of Hollywood musicals via the endearing story of Tevye (Topol), a poor Jewish milkman whose love, pride and faith in his shtetl help him face the increasing oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. “Sentimental
The Fifth Element
“You wanna play it soft. We’ll play it soft. You wanna play it hard. Let’s play it hard.” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series kicks off 2024 on January 5 with Luc Besson‘s brazen, futuretastic THE FIFTH ELEMENT. (Don’t forget your multi-pass!)
Step Brothers
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Brennan Huff and Dale Doback, two kind loser-ish grown, unemployed man-children who have something in common: they live at home. When their respective parents meet and decide to get married, they are forced to become roommates, and turn into jealous, competitive, and
David Lynch: The Art Life
An intimate journey through the formative years of American auteur David Lynch’s life, this riveting portrait explores how the formative experiences of his youth led him to become the artist he is today. The film includes archival footage and home movies, as well as interviews with Lynch as he paints
Before the Flood
Youth for Climate Justice – a group of grade 11 students at Windermere Secondary School, who are also responsible for the Earth Day March and Festival on Commercial Drive – present a free, all-ages screening of documentary BEFORE THE FLOOD on Tuesday, April 4. This acclaimed documentary takes a
Apparition Hill
Seven strangers investigate a place of miracles, the small town of Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where six children claim to have witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1981. Millions of people have journeyed to Medjugorje to see for themselves, and nearly all describe a sense of peace they’ve never felt
Kedi
Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people’s lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can. Cats and their kittens bring joy and purpose
Personal Shopper
Following a fantastic collaboration in 2014’s highly acclaimed (and sorely under seen) THE CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, director Olivier Assayas re-teams with Kristen Stewart (delivering an equally nuanced, strong performance) in PERSONAL SHOPPER, a hauntingly intimate, quietly erotic thriller set against the backdrop of the world of Paris’ high-end world